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Upon the herbes in the grene mede,

And that the floures, of many dyvers hewe,

Upon hir stalkes gonne for to sprede

And for to splaye[n] out hir leves on-brede

Agayn the sonne, gold-burned in his spere,

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That doun to hem caste his bemes clere.

And by a river forth I gan costey

Of water clere as berel or cristal